Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Earth Science 2 Unit 5 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define and describe Earth's energy on unit 5 assignment using the words biomass, fossil fuels, greenhouse effect, global warming, geothermal energy, solar energy.

Question:
1) What is sustainability? What energy sources are most sustainable?
2) What's the greenhouse effect? What is it caused by?
3) What type of renewable resource also contributes to the greenhouse effect?

Exit Ticket:
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resource? Use the following sentence starter "Renewable resources and nonrewable resources are different because..." and at least one of the words in green from the objective to write a perfect 3 sentence paragraph.